[Rhodes22-list] My other "boat"

[L. Sailor]

Sure did thin the ranks of the prospective W-3's.

I used to quote the following to my incoming freshmen
each Sept:

A freshman doesn't know that he doesn't know;
A sophomore knows that he doesn't know;
A junior doesn't know that he knows; 
A senior knows that he knows.......

The ones that were still puzzled at the end of class
bore special attention...;^)

elle

--- Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Brad,
> 
> You'll probably read this in the morning, but, in
> the Army, most pilots are
> Warrant Officers, who range in grade from W-1 to W-4
> (Actually it is WO-1 to
> CW-5 but that just complicates the story).
> 
> We quickly learned that the most dangerous group to
> fly with were the W-2
> pilots.  The W-1s were fresh out of flight school
> and not yet confident
> enough in their skills to do something real risky
> and the W-3 and above had
> had a few near misses and survived and realized just
> how dangerous and
> serious flying could be.  The W-2s were proficient
> in their skills and still
> felt invincible, henceforth, they crashed a lot.
> 
> Hank
> 
> On 10/26/06, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hank,
> >
> > Yep!  The same adage applies to sailors.  There's
> a certain envelope with
> > any new sport or skill set where your willingness
> to experiment exceeds
> > your
> > ability.  If you can make it past that 'danger
> zone', you'll probably
> > survive.
> >
> > On that note, I've got to teach a class on
> regulations in the morning.
> > Nothing like reviewing FAR's to put you to sleep
> quickly.
> >
> > Good night!
> >
> > Brad
> >
> >
> > On 10/26/06, Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Brad,
> > >
> > > Remember the other old adage, "There are old
> pilots and there are bold
> > > pilots, but there are NO old, bold pilots!"
> > >
> > > Hank
> > >
> > > On 10/26/06, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hank,
> > > >
> > > > During my younger, braver days (high school),
> I used to buzz sailboats
> > > > on Carlyle Lake, Bob Weber's home waters in
> Southern Illinois. It was
> > > fun
> > > > to
> > > > pull up and circle to see if they reacted. 
> Most of my friends were
> > farm
> > > > boys and they got the open tractors while
> their dad's had the
> > > cabs.  They
> > > > couldn't hear a thing, so I'd sneak up behind
> them at head level and
> > > scare
> > > > the wits out of them.  They'd leave a big
> squiggle in the field which
> > > > seldom
> > > > went unnoticed by their dads. On one of the
> many occasions I skipped
> > > > school,
> > > > I flattened my PE class on the exercise field.
>  They gave me a
> > > suspension
> > > > which meant I didn't have to skip school on
> those day.  Smart
> > thinking!
> > > >
> > > > That was then, I'm happy to get from point A
> to B now.
> > > >
> > > > Brad
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 10/26/06, Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Brad,
> > > > >
> > > > > What's the old saying, "Any landing you can
> walk away from is a good
> > > > > landing!"
> > > > >
> > > > > When I was crewing on UH-60s we used to
> practice low level flight,
> > > (Nap
> > > > of
> > > > > the Earth or NOE in Army speak) and
> occasionally we'd have to clean
> > > some
> > > > > branches out of the landing gear when we got
> back to the
> > > airbase.  Those
> > > > > were some interesting times!
> > > > >
> > > > > Hank
> > > > >
> > > > > On 10/26/06, Brad Haslett
> <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hank,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The common complaint against the V-tail is
> the "wiggle" in rough
> > > air.
> > > > My
> > > > > > solution to that is to not fly in rough
> air. Other than that, you
> > > > can't
> > > > > > tell
> > > > > > the difference between the V and a
> conventional tail.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > As to the second question, I can't land it
> to save my ass.  Well,
> > > > > actually
> > > > > > I've saved my ass four times but it wasn't
> pretty.  It will take
> > > some
> > > > > > practice.  The landing height above
> touchdown is about 40 feet
> > > > > difference
> > > > > > between the Bonanza and the DC-10. I
> horribly over control it,
> > thus,
> > > > no
> > > > > > passengers until I can fly it without
> embarrassment.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Brad
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 10/26/06, Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Does the v-tail make her squirrelly or
> harder to handle in
> > certain
> > > > > > > conditions?  Can you fly something that
> weighs less than 100,000
> > > > > pounds?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hank
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On 10/26/06, Brad Haslett
> <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Hank,
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Don't understand that - I forwarded
> them from my other e-mail
> > > > > address
> > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > this one and it worked.  Here's three
> photos I took while the
> > > sun
> > > > > was
> > > > > > > > coming
> > > > > > > > up in St. Johns, Arizona.  The wings
> had quite a bit of frost
> > on
> > > > > them
> > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > I
> > > > > > > > had the pleasure of visiting with some
> "old heads" while
> > waiting
> > > > for
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > sun
> > > > > > > > to melt the frost.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Brad
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On 10/26/06, Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Pics didn't come through, Brad.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > On 10/26/06, Brad Haslett
> <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
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